They’re still beating us, fellow secessionists! Despite the fact that England’s current government is its most conservative in years, its legislation is still decades ahead of America’s.

See, over there, they’ve got this wild idea that television programs should be different from commercials and vice versa. And they’re going to put their regulations where their ideals are. Whodathunk!

The U.K. media minister has attacked product placement in TV shows and said he will not allow the practice on British broadcasters even though it has been approved by the European Union.
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Andy Burnham, secretary of state at the Dept. of Culture, Media and Sport since January, dropped his bombshell Wednesday in his first big policy speech on broadcasting.
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???As a viewer, I don???t want to feel the script has been written by the commercial marketing director,??? he added. ???British programming has an integrity that is revered around the world, and I don???t think we should put that hard-won reputation up for sale.???

Only time will tell how miserable Britons become when they can’t find out what kind of soda their favorite sitcom characters drink.

So on English TV, the world isn’t saved form catastrophes ranging from rogue tornado’s to alien invasions by Mac computers while the hero’s sync up satellites with there Sprint cell phones and drive Fords? I’m sorry, that just seems a littler far fetched to me.

Please tell me that someone has seen that show with Sanjeev as the host! I can’t remember the name of the show off the top of my head, but it’s sort of like if Jay Leno were funny, Indian, and lived with his parents. I think it’s called “The Kumars at Number 42″, or something but I’m not sure. I love that show!